Rainer Maria Rilke  - Quotes

 How I will cherish you then,

you grief-torn nights!

Had I only received you,

inconsolable sisters,

on more abject knees, only

buried myself with more

abandon

in your loosened hair. How we waste

our afflictions!

We study them, stare out beyond them

into bleak continuance,

hoping to glimpse some end. Whereas

they're really

our wintering foliage, our dark greens

of meaning, one

of the seasons of the clandestine

year -- ; not only

a season --: they're site, settlement,

shelter, soil, abode.
 

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties  - Quotes

 Winston:
Oyez, oyez. Prince XII has returned. [ducks trumpet]
Garfield:
Thank you windbag, for that flobbering introduction. Hello, everybody! [animals look in astonishment]
Garfield:
Hey, listen up... [flicks Winston's nose]
Garfield:
is this an audience or a landscape? Okay, great to be back here at the palace. I look out, I see a sea of... of dumb barnyard animals. I'm here in your country to break up a romance between the guy who owns the house I live in and a girl who's way out of his league. I know that whatever it is that you have, there's some sort of affliction that produces this glazed look behind your eyes. I hope you defeat it. Wish I could take everybody home with me. Thank you. [walks away]
Garfield:
I killed.
Winston:
Very funny, sire. Well done.
Nigel:
I didn't realize it was amateur hour.
Eenie:
What's up with Prince?
Christophe:
Oh, he's on the catnip again.
I, Claudius:
Hold on, chaps! Have I got news for you!
McBunny:
What's the word, Claudius?
I, Claudius:
Dargis is going to bulldoze the barnyard and feed us to the tourists!
Nigel:
Let him try. He'll have to deal with these fists of fury first, wouldn't he? [animals complain]
Winston:
Calm yourselves, everyone. We're alright as long as Prince is alive.
McBunny:
Well, obviously, that feline is not Prince, you idiots!
Preston:
He's not even a cat formerly known as Prince. [animals argue]
Winston:
Wait, he doesn't have to be Prince. He just has to look like him. If he fooled me, he'll fool them.
McBunny:
But what's to stop Dargis from getting rid of this cat too?
Winston:
McBunny's right. We must protect this cat at all costs. Our fates rely on it.
 

Matthew Henry  - Quotes

 Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. 

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